2. A food supply company ships food to customers, such as restaurants and school cafeterias, in a nearby city. It needs to decide which shipping alternative is the most cost effective. Note that this can be structured as a breakeven problem to compare the three options. The total fixed costs for choosing the carrier type and variable cost per shipment for each option are as follows: Carrier Type Fixed Costs Variable Costs Common $0 $750 Contract $5,000 $300 Lease $21,000 $50 a. Compare the common and contract options. At what number of shipments would the two options be equally profitable, or when would they breakeven? NOTE: only full shipments can be sent, so for the sake of simplicity round down in the event of a partial shipment. For example, 95.3 shipments would simply be 95 in this case. b. If 40 shipments were to be sent, then which carrier type would you prefer to minimize costs? c. If 75 shipments were to be sent, then which carrier type would you prefer to minimize costs?

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8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

Atlas manufacturing produces a unique valve, and has the capacity to produce 50,000 valves annually. currently atlas produces 40,000 valves and is thinking about increasing production to 45,000 valves next year. what is the most likely behavior of total manufacturing costs and unit manufacturing costs given this change? a. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will also increase. b. total manufacturing costs will stay the same and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same. c. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will decrease. d. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same.